[b4me]

“with a view from the rooftop where alleged shooter Thomas Crooks fired at Trump.”

the local counter snipers were on that very roof, left and Thomas went up there?

or were the snipers on another building with view OF the rooftop Thomas was soon up on?

[packagingguy]

A congressman took video from the room they were in. The police could see the entire backside of the roof the shooter was climbing on.

They could have shot the gunman had they not been called away.

[packagingguy]

Sorry didn’t complete the answer: the police were in an adjacent building.

[Ez2BRepub]

No, they just had to look out the window and they could see the entire roof, that Crooks climbed on, as well as the stage and barns, where Trump and the other snipers were located.

They were so close, they could have thrown a rock and hit him with it.

[TheCipher]

or were the snipers on another building with view OF the rooftop Thomas was soon up on?

They were at a window that had a full view of the roof. They could have jumped out of that window onto the roof. I saw a video of it yesterday but can't remember where I saw it.

[Churchillspirit]

Could not make sense of that statement either.

Where exactly where these 'good guys' ?